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sloped walls... especially curtain walls

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sloped walls... especially curtain walls

I think I know how to create sloped walls... use a sweep profile... but how
do I do the same thing with a curtain wall? Oh yeah, how would I do this
with a curved and sloped curtain wall? How about one with compound curves?

My firm typically has a lot of complicated design geometry. I'm trying to
show some of our skeptics that ADT is going to work for us but I'm having
trouble showing complicated designs. It seems much better suited for much
more typical construction.

My designers are begining to feel trapped instead of freed... HELP!
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Search in the arch-desktop.content newsgroup on the keyword "Pyramid" There
is a thread that explains using curtain walls for sloped skylights. The
same principles might apply to your question.

Also, for highly complex geometry, you will need to take advantage of:

* the ability to assign aec profiles to mullions and frames, as well as
custom blocks
* the ability to assign custom blocks to the infills

Other things to remember:

* curtain walls have a roofline and floorline that behaves just like in
walls
* curtain walls can not only have straight and arced segments, but can
reference a a 2d entity like an ellipse or spline.

In some cases, you might need to totally model the repeating geometry of the
curtain wall system with the modeling tools in ADT/AutoCAD (ACIS solids,
mass elements), and then use that as a custom block attached to the curtain
wall. The curtain wall can still provide the basic layout and repeating
rules.

--
chris yanchar
building industry division
autodesk, inc.


"Greg McDowell, Jr" wrote in message
news:CB4E2BB954F0B4DAB3FF80E0BA67C98E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I think I know how to create sloped walls... use a sweep profile... but
how
> do I do the same thing with a curtain wall? Oh yeah, how would I do this
> with a curved and sloped curtain wall? How about one with compound
curves?
>
> My firm typically has a lot of complicated design geometry. I'm trying to
> show some of our skeptics that ADT is going to work for us but I'm having
> trouble showing complicated designs. It seems much better suited for much
> more typical construction.
>
> My designers are begining to feel trapped instead of freed... HELP!
>
>
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Anonymous
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Greg:
Look at my post in the ADT Content NG. I think its titled "Compound
Curtain Wall"or something like that. Or just click on the From column to
organize postings by author.

Basically, you draw some type of curved object ( 2D Pline w/ thickness/ wall
object/ etc.) and rotate it so that it is horizontal in an elevation view.
Position the curved object over your normal rectangular curtain wall object,
then use the Roof Line project command to extend the top of the curtainwall
to the underside of the curved object.

Unfortunately, you cannot create a fishbowl shape yet.

Hope this helps!


Greg McDowell, Jr wrote in message
news:CB4E2BB954F0B4DAB3FF80E0BA67C98E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I think I know how to create sloped walls... use a sweep profile... but
how
> do I do the same thing with a curtain wall? Oh yeah, how would I do this
> with a curved and sloped curtain wall? How about one with compound
curves?
>
> My firm typically has a lot of complicated design geometry. I'm trying to
> show some of our skeptics that ADT is going to work for us but I'm having
> trouble showing complicated designs. It seems much better suited for much
> more typical construction.
>
> My designers are begining to feel trapped instead of freed... HELP!
>
>

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